Denise McCluggage at Bahamas Speed Weeks, November-December 1959
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Journalist Denise McCluggage was covering auto racing for the New York Herald when she began driving race cars herself. She had no formal training but proved to be a natural talent on the track. Racing through the 1950s and 1960s, she earned sports car victories at Nassau, Watkins Glen, and Sebring. McCluggage co-founded Autoweek magazine in 1958.
Journalist Denise McCluggage was covering auto racing for the New York Herald when she began driving race cars herself. She had no formal training but proved to be a natural talent on the track. Racing through the 1950s and 1960s, she earned sports car victories at Nassau, Watkins Glen, and Sebring. McCluggage co-founded Autoweek magazine in 1958.
Artifact
Negative (Photograph)
Date Made
29 November 1959-06 December 1959
Subject Date
29 November 1959 - 06 December 1959
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On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2009.158.N.591104.1
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 0.875 in
Width: 1.375 in
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